Tobacco-user&#39;s appliance.



l. RITTENHOUSE.

TOBACCO USER'S APIPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.'9, I915.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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iriiv'm RITTENI-IOUSE, or'wasrimerolv, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA;

To all whom it may con'ccrn':

' Be it known that ,I, IRVIN RITTENVHOUSE;

' a citizen of the United States, residing in and relighted.

the city of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented new anduseful Improve-' .ments in Tobacco-Users Appliances, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 'to improvements in tobacco users appliances andmore particularly to an improved cigarette extinguisher and holder.

It is the object of this invention t-o'provide a device thatWill'extinguish and hold a cigarette which may be placed upon a plate,flat ash tray, or attached to.a dish, ash tray or smokers stand.

The advantage of this device is that the obnoxious fumes arising from acigarette which has been laid aside will be obviated as the cigarettewill be immediately extinguished by this device and a further advantageis that when a cigarette is placed in this device when only partiallysmoked it will not only be prevented from burning further but will be soheld that it may be removed While the preferred forms of this device aare illustrated upon the accompanying sheet cigarette and showing the.cigarette as it will be extinguished and held. Fig. .4 is a view in sideelevation of a modification adapted to be placed upon a plate or fiatash tray. Fig. 5 Fig.4.

In accordance with this invention the cigarette is extinguished and heldby pinching the burning end between two diverging movable pinchingplates which are brought toward each other on opposite sides of thecigarette to pinch and retain'the cigarette therebetween.

In carrying out this invention the pinch ing plates 1 and 2 arepreferably formed from astrip of resilient metal so bent centrally uponitself as to cause the free ends of the plates to'normally diverge, andthe free ends are preferably bent away from Specification of LettersPatent.

1s a top plan view of TOBACGQ-USERS AIQPLIANCE.

Patented Jan. i, 1916.

' Application filedjl'anuaryQ, 1915. Serial No. 1,377. Y

wire, engaglng, the side of each plate. YAfter the central bend 5'ofthe-plates has been inserted in the support it is preferably eneachother to'for'm wings 3. Theplates I are mounted to travel between astationarysupport 4, preferably formed from bent larged to limit theforward movement 4 thereof.

When it is desired to extinguish, a cigarette or lay it'down temporarilyitis graspedbetween the thumb and a finger and the burning end isintroduced between the free ends of the plates in their extendedposition and .upon a continued movement .in the direction of the supportthe tips of-the thumb and finger engage the Wingsfi and force the platesrearwardly through the support 4 which will cause them to approach eachother "and pinch the end of the cigarette between them and extinguish itat once.

Upon releasing the cigarette it. will be held in that position until theplates 1 and 2' are moved'forward when the cigarette will .either bedropped or desired.

As it is desirable to mount the" pinching plates over an ash tray thisinvention also contemplates such a means asjillustrated in Fig.1 inwhich the pincher support 45 is mounted upon a base plate10 resting uponcan be relighted, as,

the top of an ash tray ll'and secured thereto in any desired manner.- Itis preferable to mount the support at a su'fiicientdis tance from theedge of 'thebase plate to allow the free ends of the wings 3 to restthereon in the extended posltionof the pinching plates l and2, asillustrated in Fig. 2, so that the plates will always move verticallyand travel in a horizontal line. Thebase plate 10 is preferably securedby extending the ends of the bent wire support 4-through the plate andthen continu ing them horizontally to form two diver'g-' ing arms 12bent at their ends to engage the sides of the ash tray and coact with aprojection 13 depending from the opposite edge of the base plate tosecure the base firmly upon the ash tray, the arms 12 also presenting ahandy means for knocking off the ashes of a cigarette.

When it is desired to support the cigarette pincher upon a plate or flatash tray the form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 is preferable. In thisform the base plate 20 may be of smaller size and is preferablycircularin form and mounted to rotate about the support 21 which is formed ofwire and each free end after passing through the base plate 20 is bentfirst parallel therewith, to form a horizontal base holdingportion 22,then at right angles, to form a vertical leg 23, then horizontally for aportion of its length 24 beyond the base plates 20 and back upon itselfto form an angular portion 25 which is terminated in avertical leg 26which engages the bottom of the base plate. In this construction thepincher plate sup port also acts as a base plate frame to support thedevice upon a plate or fiat ash tray.

, What I claim is 1. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a fixed supporthaving a passage therethrough, two normally diverging plates mounted formovement through said passage and stops upon the diverging ends of theplates adapted tobe engaged by the fingers holding the end of acigarette between the plates to move the plates through the supportwhereby the sides of the passage draw the plates together to extinguishthe cigarette.v

2. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a fixed support having a passagethere.

through, and two normally diverging plates mounted for movement throughsaid pas sage, said plates having a stop at their apex and stops uponthe diverging ends to engage the support andmaintain the plates withinthe passage.

8. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a fixed support having a passagetherethrough, and a reciprocal extinguishing member mounted in saidpassage formed from a strip of resilient metal bent centrally f uponitself forming two normally diverging plates having an enlargement atthe bend of the plates and the free ends of said plates bent outward toform stops to engage the support and maintain the plates within thepassage.

IRVIN RITTENHOUSE. Witnesses:

LANGDON MOORE, JOHN R. Woonwoirrn.

